Never had a Miele so can't comment.

Have had Bosch in 3 different houses for the last 17 years. My 17 and 15 year old Bosch still going strong. Just bought a new Bosch 800 (something) to replace Fisher Paykel drawers. Paid about 900, I love it. Washes beautifully. Dries well now that I started using the extra dry feature. Leaves a couple of wet streaks on the inside of the door. It's a slight learning curve to remember to use the 3rd drawer at the top and packing the bottom drawer which has a different configuration to the older Bosch. It's even quieter than the older Bosch. Great choice of cycles.

I don't want to jinx myself so let me just whisper this. So far I've never had an issue or service call on any of my Bosch dishwashers. Put dishes in, dishes come out clean.

In my planned renovation of my kitchen at my beach house. I will definitely go with Bosch again although I am getting other Miele appliances. For me, no reason to spend more on the Miele.

I’m also in a new house and the 90’s Profile GOTSTA go! In my old house I replaced a 90’s era Miele with a Bosch 800 series in a remodel about five years ago. Cleaning great with both, quietness as well, never had a service issue with either. My particular Bosch loses points for the racks. Bottom one always jumped the “track.” A tine on the lower broke off early on. Tips of a couple of the upper tines popped off, too. Lower folding tines lost a bit of their “snap” that holds them in place, despite me never intentionally folding them up. I guess I just question the quality of rack materials on mine. That notwithstanding, my wife is asking me to swap dishwashers before selling and it’s tempting. (But I won’t.)

Had a Miele for 14 years. Loved it and recommended Miele to anyone that would listen. Renovated, put in a new Miele, It doesn't clean as well, it is not as quiet, it has had a number of service calls. Next time I'm looking at Bosch.

• Bosch SHXM4AY55N
• Bosch SHEM3AY55N

Foodonastump, my new bosch lower rack also seems to slide out without stopping. I was wondering if it's not inserted properly, if there is a stopper missing or if it is a design flaw in the newer model. I guess I will have to call Bosch and ask.

I've had Miele and Bosch. I prefer Bosch - performs beautifully at a better price point.

Thanks all for honest feedback. I will look at the lower rack stop closely when I am in the store. Sounds like Mieke is not what it once was, and was always 15-20% more expensive.

Anybody had a Bosch refrigerator?

My Miele has been flawless. One good recommendation here.

I have owned 3 Bosch's over the years and I thought I would never go away from them as they have been FLAWLESS. When i went to buy for this current house I am building, i selected a Bosch, but then impulse upgraded to a thermador sapphire star. I think I will be please as thermador is (apparently) higher end Bosch...

If drying is important to you, Miele has better technology there and is the only one with the pop-open feature, which makes a big difference. For us that was the deciding factor.

Thanks all for sharing your thoughts.

While my builder probably would have liked us to go with one brand across the board in the kitchen for his Parade home, I just couldn’t do it. While I like the mix of features vs price on KitchenAid refrigerator and ranges, the KA dishwasher just seemed to have too many disadvantages for my liking. With spacing tines closer together, you can just fit more dishes in the Miele or Bosch if you have thin plates like Corelle.

So after spending 45 minutes poking around on the Bosch and Miele, I went with the most basic Miele again, a 4228 in SS. I hope to get the same performance as our last Miele, which was nothing short of exceptional. By the way, the Miele gas range is quite impressive, but I get the whole kitchen of appliances for that same $5k. Just too much for a sub 350k house.

Cheers!

When my 20 year old KitchenAid quit 3 years ago, because we have lots of Riedel glassware and Miele and Riedel partner up, and Miele guarantees it won't break the glassware, we went with a pretty top of the line Miele. We picked the top of the line for the ultra flexible rack system and the various types of cycles. The Miele cleans extremely well, is almost dead silent, and holds an amazing amount of silverware and glassware and dishes. I completely love it, with the exception of having to clean the filter roughly once every couple of weeks (never had to clean the filter on the KitchenAid). The Miele is so quiet that we have to walk up to it to make sure we started it. It has never broken any of the delicate glassware (knock on wood). I've never owned or even used a Bosch, so I cannot comment on it.

cat, thanks for sharing on the Miele DW. I did look at the equivalent of the Dimension, but decided to stick with the Classic equivalent.

I did decide to make a last minute switch from KitchenAid to GE Profile refrigerator, range, and microwave due to many reviews expressing unhappiness with the KA range, mainly the self cleaning cycle, the temperature of the front control panel (someone indicated as hot as 225F), melted knobs, inadvertently initiating gas by bumping into the knobs, lighting issues, less than satisfactory oven temperature control, and issues with the grates for removing and reinserting for cleaning.